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- Titi Livi ab urbe condita libri editionem priman, Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.
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The provinces for the consuls and praetors are decided by lot, with allocations of troops, reinforcements, and commands for Aetolia, Asia, and other regions. The commands of the previous year's magistrates are also prorogued.
de provinciis deinde consules rettulerunt; sortiri eos Aetoliam et Asiam placuit;
Next, the consuls brought the question of the provinces before the senate; it was decided that they should draw lots for Aetolia and Asia.
qui Asiam sortitus esset, exercitus ei, quem L. Scipio haberet, est decretus et in eum supplementum quattuor milia peditum Romanorum, ducenti equites, et sociorum ac Latini nominis octo milia peditum, quadringenti equites;
To him who should draw Asia by lot, the army which L. Scipio had was decreed, and as a reinforcement for it, four thousand Roman infantry and two hundred cavalry, and of the allies and the Latin name, eight thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry;
his copiis ut bellum cum Antiocho gereret.1 alteri consuli exercitus, qui erat in Aetolia, est decretus, et ut in supplementum scriberet permissum civium sociorumque eundem numerum, quem collega.
in order that with these forces he might wage war against Antiochus. To the other consul, the army which was in Aetolia was decreed, and he was permitted to enlist as a reinforcement the same number of citizens and allies as his colleague.
naves quoque idem consul, quae priore anno paratae erant, ornare iussus ac ducere secum; nec cum Aetolis solum bellum gerere, sed etiam in Cephallaniam insulam traicere.
The same consul was also ordered to equip the ships which had been prepared the previous year and to take them with him, and not only to wage war against the Aetolians but also to cross over to the island of Cephallania.
mandatum eidem, ut, si per commodum rei publicae facere posset, ut ad comitia Romam veniret;
He was instructed that, if he could do so without detriment to the commonwealth, he should come to Rome for the elections;
nam, praeterquam quod magistratus annui subrogandi essent, censores quoque placere creari.2 si qua res eum teneret, senatum certiorem faceret se ad comitiorum tempus occurrere non posse.
for, besides the fact that annual magistrates had to be chosen in their places, it was resolved that censors also should be elected. If any matter should detain him, he was to inform the senate that he could not arrive in time for the elections.
Aetolia M. Fulvio, Asia Cn. Manlio sorte evenit. praetores deinde sortiti sunt, Sp. Postumius Albinus urbanam et inter peregrinos,3 M. Sempronius Tuditanus Siciliam, Q. Fabius Pictor, flamen Quirinalis, Sardiniam, Q. Fabius Labeo classem, L. Plautius Hypsaeus Hispaniam citeriorem, L. Baebius Dives Hispaniam ulteriorem. Siciliae legio una et classis, quae in ea provincia erat, decreta, et ut duas decumas frumenti novus praetor imperaret Siculis; earum alteram in Asiam, alteram in Aetoliam mitteret.
Aetolia fell by lot to M. Fulvius, Asia to Cn. Manlius. Then the praetors drew lots: Sp. Postumius Albinus obtained the city jurisdiction and that between foreigners, M. Sempronius Tuditanus Sicily, Q. Fabius Pictor, the flamen of Quirinus, Sardinia, Q. Fabius Labeo the fleet, L. Plautius Hypsaeus Nearer Spain, L. Baebius Dives Farther Spain. For Sicily, one legion and the fleet which was in that province were decreed, and the new praetor was ordered to levy two tenths of corn on the Sicilians; of these, he was to send one to Asia and the other to Aetolia.
idem ab Sardis exigi atque ad eosdem exercitus id frumentum, ad quos Siculum, deportari iussum.
The same was ordered to be exacted from the Sardinians, and that corn was to be transported to the same armies as the Sicilian corn.
L. Baebio supplementum in Hispaniam datum mille Romani pedites, equites quinquaginta, et sex milia peditum Latini nominis, ducenti equites;
To L. Baebius, as a reinforcement for Spain, were given one thousand Roman infantry and fifty cavalry, and six thousand infantry of the Latin name and two hundred cavalry;
Plautio Hypsaeo in Hispaniam citeriorem mille Romani dati sunt pedites, duo milia socium Latini nominis et ducenti equites; cum his supplementis ut singulas legiones duae Hispaniae haberent.
to Plautius Hypsaeus, for Nearer Spain, were given one thousand Roman infantry, two thousand allies of the Latin name, and two hundred cavalry; so that with these reinforcements the two Spains should each have a single legion.
prioris anni magistratibus, C. Laelio cum suo exercitu prorogatum in annum imperium est; prorogatum et P. Iunio propraetori in Etruria cum eo exercitu, qui in provincia esset, et M. Tuccio propraetori in Bruttiis et Apulia.
Of the magistrates of the previous year, C. Laelius had his command prorogued for a year with his army; it was also prorogued for P. Iunius, the propraetor in Etruria, with the army which was in that province, and for M. Tuccius, the propraetor in the Bruttii and Apulia.
- 37.50.4his copiis ut bellum cum Antiocho gereret.
The adverbial clause with the conjunction ut (denoting purpose) modifies the preceding est decretus (§37.50.3). It indicates that the army was allocated in order for the consul who obtained Asia to wage war against Antiochus with these forces.
- 37.50.7praeterquam quod magistratus annui subrogandi essent, censores quoque placere creari.
placere is an infinitive in the accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction within indirect discourse. In direct discourse, this would be expressed as placet censores creari ('it is resolved that censors be elected'), which here becomes the infinitive placere to reflect the senate's resolution or thought.
- 37.50.8Sp. Postumius Albinus urbanam et inter peregrinos
The feminine singular accusative adjective urbanam implies the omission of provinciam or iurisdictionem. It indicates that Sp. Postumius Albinus obtained by lot both the urban jurisdiction (praetor urbanus) and the jurisdiction between foreigners (praetor peregrinus).